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On Feb 12. 2023, the commercials that played during the Super Bowl were lackluster in its usual standards due to an overreliance on nostalgia. ILLUSTRATED BY VIKRAM SETHI

Super Bowl commercials fumbled in creativity

Sara McGiff March 5, 2023

The adage “nostalgia sells” rings true when it comes to the 20-year fashion cycle or a network reviving a beloved old property. However, if this past Super Bowl showed us anything, it’s that...

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Nostalgia: tricking our memories and media

Skylar Sena September 30, 2022
#OPINION: CM Punk’s berating of his colleagues and backstage political strife got me thinking — given his history of conflict and displeasure in his former company, why bring Punk back to the squared circle in the first place? The answer is simple: nostalgia.
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Steven Spielberg, Ernest Cline, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, T.J. Miller and Ben Mendelsohn speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for Ready Player One. The movie is based on the 2011 Ernest Cline novel of the same name. GAGE SKIDMORE/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY-SA 2.0

Review: “Ready Player One” struggles to deliver its message

Matthew Rainis April 10, 2018
While the film frames this struggle as an “everyone vs. big corporation” story, it fails to recognize that the whole film itself exists to shout out the creations of other corporate entities.
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